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Comptroller urges action on physician malfeasance
Tennessee doctors found to have committed misconduct continue to practice medicine — sometimes for years — before they are disciplined because the state board in charge of disciplining medical personnel lags far behind in its duties, according to an audit by the comptroller released Monday. The slow pace of investigations by the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners subjects patients to "potentially harmful medical practices," the report says. The audit also found the board, which is controlled by physicians,does not collect information from state courts that would alert it to a physician who has been convicted of a crime. "Citizens expect state medical boards to protect them against unethical practitioners, though occasionally physicians have committed serious crimes that went undetected for years," the audit ors say. In response, Michelle Long, assistant commissioner for health and licensure regulation said, "The Board of Medical Examiners and the Office of Investigations take very seriously their responsibility to protect the health and welfare of Tennesseans, and are committed to working more effectively to track and monitor complaints against medical doctors while those complaints are under investigation," she said.
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